Oct 16, 2024  
University Catalog 2024-2025 
    
University Catalog 2024-2025

Department of Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies


Office

Engineering and Technology A405
Phone: (323) 343-4100
Website: https://www.calstatela.edu/al/wgss

Instagram @wgssla

Chair

Alejandra Marchevsky
amarche@calstatela.edu
(323) 343-4100

The Faculty

Professors: Dionne Espinoza, Alejandra Marchevsky (Chair)
Assistant Professors: Pau Abustan; David B. Green

 

 

 

 

 

Overview

Women’s Gender & Sexuality Studies (WGSS) engages students in the interdisciplinary study of gender and sexuality as interwoven with race, ethnicity, colonization, class, nation, and ability. We employ intersectional feminist and LGBTSTGNC frameworks to explore hidden histories, understand complex social structures, confront injustice and oppression, and imagine more liberatory futures.

WGSS is grounded in humanistic approaches that emphasize the importance of language, storytelling, cultural representation, history, and creative arts in understanding and transforming the world. Our classes invite passionate dialogue and hands-on learning, where students build exceptional skills in verbal, written, and visual communication, critical thinking, rigorous research, and team-based problem-solving. WGSS students connect their research and classroom learning to diverse publics through the creation of social media, podcasts, zines, public art, and performance, curriculum for K-12 education, and public archives.

Programs

    Bachelor of ArtsMinorPostbaccalaureate Certificate

    Courses

      Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies (Graduate)Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies (Undergraduate)